RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction continues to achieve record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand676 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848) considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. ALS in French, unsigned, one page,
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Agatha Christie677 - Agatha Christie
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7, personal letterhead, October 14, 1970. Letter to Evelyn Byrne, in part: “I always think that librarians must feel in a positio
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens678 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Wonderful AQS on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 card for Festival de la Caridad en Cadiz, signed at the conclusion in ink, “Mark Twain, New York, Nov. 22, 190
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Samuel L. Clemens679 - Samuel L. Clemens
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Second National Bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by J. B. Pond, payable to S. L. Clemens for $323.83, January 5, 1885, endor
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Joseph Conrad680 - Joseph Conrad
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Uncommon ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, September 5, 1920. Letter to Mr. C. A. Comstock. In part: “Your appreciation of my work has given me great pleasure
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Madame de Stael681 - Madame de Stael
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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein (1766–1817), known as Madame de Stael, was a Swiss author who played an integral part in directing the literary
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens682 - Charles Dickens
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Magnificent matte-finish 4 x 5.75 cabinet-type portrait of Dickens affixed to a 5 x 7.75 mount, showing the author wearing a distinguished robe in a t
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Charles Dickens683 - Charles Dickens
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9, no date. Letter to Edward Valentine. In part: “I find that my man and the landlord of this house, agree in thinking that my b
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gustave Flaubert684 - Gustave Flaubert
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Rare ALS in French, signed “Gv. Flaubert,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa early 1870s. Letter to his friend, the Baroness Adele Lepic, in pa
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Robert Frost685 - Robert Frost
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Boldly penned ALS, one page, 5 x 6.75, November 17, 1930. Letter to Martha E. Sacks, in full: “Suppose we make it February 6th then. That will be the
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Robert Frost686 - Robert Frost
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Handsome portrait etching of Frost by Richard Hood, 6.25 x 7.25, signed in the lower border in fountain pen by the poet, “Robert Frost,” and in pencil
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg687 - Allen Ginsberg
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ALS signed “Allen,” one page on a 6.5 x 4.75 postcard depicting Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue, October 4, 1980. Letter to Chuck Carroll featu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg688 - Allen Ginsberg
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Exceptional matte-finish 12.5 x 10 gelatin silver photo of William S. Burroughs originally taken by Ginsberg during their first meeting in 1961, lengt
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Allen Ginsberg689 - Allen Ginsberg
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Fantastic matte-finish 6.5 x 12.5 gelatin silver photo of Jack Kerouac originally taken by Ginsberg in 1953, lengthily signed in the large lower borde
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Dashiell Hammett690 - Dashiell Hammett
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American novelist (1894–1961) best known for detective and mystery classics such as The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man. Valentine’s Day card depictin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Heinrich Heine691 - Heinrich Heine
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Eminent German poet (1797–1856), one of the leading literary figures of the Romantic era, whose verses were set to music by such composers as Schubert
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway692 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 499 pages. Signed and...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway693 - Ernest Hemingway
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Desirable bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out in another hand and signed by Hemingway, “Ernest M. Hemingway,” payable to the bearer for $75, January 1
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway694 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS by Mary Hemingway signed in red pencil, “Mary,” with a lengthy postscript signed in pencil by Ernest, “Papa,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, Finca Vigia l
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ernest Hemingway695 - Ernest Hemingway
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TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, February 26, 1935. Letter to Arnold Samuelson. In part: “I am waiting for Gingrich to send me the Mss. money to send you. He
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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